Flash Fiction

Write a story in which a character finds something he or she has no intention of returning.

Gasping in the ice-cold mountain air, Navid had won the race. The sun had not yet risen, a clear crystal lake swayed gently next to him. Pounding footstep reach his ears, Haru, his best friend was coming.

“You….cheat” Haru wheezed out. He laughed at Haru's red, huffing face.

“Come on Haru, it wasn't that bad,” he said teasingly and pulled him to the lake, suddenly Navid stopped short.

“Haru?  Do you see that?” he asked, hoping he would be wrong. Haru gazed out towards the lake,

“Navid, it’s a girl! We haven’t had one in ages!” he exclaimed excitedly. So he was right, Haru did see what Navid had feared the thing to be, there was a reason all the girls disappeared.

“Hey, dude what’s wrong with her?” Haru asked me still looking at the figure floating in the lake. As he looks to where he was pointing, she slipped into the clear waters of the lake. Without thinking he races into the freezing lake. Navid swam hard to get to where she had disappeared; he dived trying to get to the place where she had disappeared. He dragged her back to shore and carried her out. Haru came running to him, taking the girl away from his limp fingers. He collapsed from exhaustion; in the distance, he could hear Haru giving her CPR. A gasp startled him, she was awake.

“Where am I?” she asked, her voice rough. She was beautiful, with violet grey eyes she captured him. Something about those eyes made him WANT to protect her, and love her. Navid made a decision right there, he would never let her go. He saved her, he had found her, she was his, the girl with the violet grey eyes, you're MINE.

j.h.